Embrace; – Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
By Angus Yip (18A01A) Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society Singapore is a society characterised by a fast pace of life; long hours at work and school have become a norm, creating an...
View ArticleNationally Speaking: A School by Any Other Name?
By Lynn Hong (18A13A) and Yeo Kee Hwan (18S03Q) What’s in a name? For many, it is respect. Naming a public institution after someone singles them out as the best of us, as epitomes of our values and...
View ArticleLightning Strikes One Last Time
By Lynn Hong (18A13A) He was always known for his finishes. Some criticised his starts as slow, sloppy, but he would hold us all in rapture as he flew down the home straight, feet barely seeming to...
View ArticleThe Raffles Games: Week 2
By Nadine Staes-Polet (18A01B) and Lim Jing Rong (18A03A) Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society After two long and fun-filled weeks of almost daily games and activities, the second and final...
View ArticleRaffles Business Symposium: Ideas to change the world
By Ling Young Loon (18S07A) Photographs by Li Wanjie (18A01B) and Afiq Zuhairi (18S06Q). “Entrepreneurship is a very strange reason to stay back on a Friday night”, Shen Hongyi, chairperson of Raffles...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of the Product
By Ling Young Loon (18S07A) image source Maybe it’s crass capitalism, maybe it’s a testament to our ambition. Could it just be human nature? As Rafflesians, teenagers, Singaporeans, we are grossly...
View ArticleTick: A New Resource-Sharing Site by RI Alumni
By Elizabeth Leong (18S06G) With Promos or A’s right around the corner, many of us have been scrambling to find precious study resources – from the depths of our dusty files, from the generosity of our...
View ArticleWe’re Bringing Broadway Back, Baby
By Elizabeth Leong (18S06G) and Zara Karimi (18A01A) The Broadway Babies, after their showcase at the Hodge Lodge last Wednesday You may have heard of them from their Instagram account, from their...
View ArticleBeing a student again
By Mr Patrick Wong GP teacher/Raffles Press teacher-mentor I have been studying for some months now, taking a part-time course three evenings a week. In one of my modules, we covered the concept of...
View ArticleGraphically Speaking: Merry StuDying!
By Zacchaeus Chok (18S03O) Student life is best summed up in three factors – work, leisure and sleep. By adjusting these variables, we try to elevate our overall well-being and enjoyment. Certainly, we...
View ArticleSingapore Writers Festival Returns
By Zara Karimi (18A01A) and Nadine Staes-Polet (18A01B) The front page of the SWF programme brochure, accessible via the SWF website. Clear out your calendars for the second week of November, because...
View ArticlePlease Mind the Platform Gap (Universities Edition): Washington University in...
By Ashley Tan (18A13A) Photographs courtesy of interviewee Cai Minglu Thinking about which university to apply to, or already a J2 beginning your early admission applications? Raffles Press brings you...
View ArticleBREAKING: Mr Chan Poh Meng to retire as RI principal, Mr Frederick Yeo to...
By Abigail Ang (18S06B) and Soh Ying Qi (18A01C) The current principal of Raffles Institution, Mr Chan Poh Meng, will be stepping down on December 31st 2017. His post will be filled by Mr Frederick...
View ArticleGift of the Ga(vel): OP Tips
By Zara Karimi (18A01A) With guest writers Joie Liew (18A13A), Rayasam Harshini (18S06B), and Su Hong Yun (18S03Q) from Gavel Club The Scream by Edvard Munch, colourised 1893, edited for relevance,...
View ArticleThe Farewell Interview Part 1 – Mr Michael Rollason
By Adri Faris (18A13A), Ashley Tan (18A13A), and Chung So Hyun (18A13A) Some of us recognise him as the “Caucasian teacher who’s in good shape for his age”. Some know him as the International History...
View ArticleThe Farewell Interview Part 2 – Mr Michael Rollason
In Part 2 of this feature, Mr Rollason shares with us various sides to himself beyond the sphere of RI and more than a handful of interesting experiences he had! Press: Why did you choose to study...
View ArticleGrad Night 2017: Florescence
By Zara Karimi (18A01A) and Ling Young Loon (18S07A) Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society The atmosphere at the Island Ballroom at the Shangri-la Hotel was relaxed as the graduating batch of...
View Article“The Post” Review: Papers and Politics in a Post-Truth World
By Soh Ying Qi (18A01C) Spoiler alert: you already know what happens in this film. Not because it looks like standard Hollywood period-drama fare, comprising an ensemble cast led by established stars,...
View Article4 People You Meet in Orientation
By Zara Karimi (18A01A), Ianni Tan (18S03C), Zacchaeus Chok (18S03O) and Jeslyn Tan (18S06R) Feature Picture by Raffles Photographic Society Popular opinion seems to suggest that you either love...
View ArticleFear of Fjälling: The JAE Experience in RI
By Zara Karimi (18A01A), Ianni Tan (18S03C), Zacchaeus Chok (18S03O) and Jeslyn Tan (18S06R) Image Source If you have recently received a text message confirming your acceptance into RI,...
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